Radhika Korrapolu

Entrepreneurial and goal-oriented experienced professional with a track record of accelerating corporate software solution adoption and with more than a decade of exposure to IT with end-to-end Project Life Cycle. Experienced in full life cycle analysis and documentation, including Product ownership, Business Requirements, Business Processes with (BPMN, VISIO and UML), KPI, Business Analysis, Functional Specifications, Data manipulation, Budgeting, and Implementation Plans. As a lead business analyst, I have led, inspired, and supported multi-disciplinary and agile team to deliver client releases, test infrastructure, platform architecture and development tooling.

Proven experience working with senior leadership and experience defining the wider execution plan to deliver on the product roadmap. I am well experienced in launching or re-platforming of digital systems including both web and mobile apps. I have excellent communication skills and can demonstrate having collaborated with engineers, scrum masters, product managers and experience designers.

Lead Discovery Business Analyst - IXCEED Solutions/IBM - Client (BAE Systems (Ministry of Defence))

(2024-07 - 2026-04)

BAE Systems is a multinational aerospace, security, and Defence company headquartered in the UK. It's a leading global provider of Défense, aerospace, and security solutions. The company develops, engineers, manufactures, and supports products and systems that deliver military capability, protect national security, and safeguard critical information and infrastructure.

As a Discovery Business analyst, I have led the analysis process with the given ASK to produce high level artifacts and to be process with solution architect, participating in all the end-to-end functional tasks from requirements gathering to capturing solution options with given artifacts. This includes planning and coordinating various activities, communications, risk management along with overall understanding and detailed objectives.

• Facilitating workshops and meetings: Engaging stakeholders to gather information and build consensus. Led discovery sessions to uncover and align on true business objectives and desired outcomes. Collaborated with cross functional teams to share master data file and to define master data requirements, business rules and governance standards. Led delivery of complex strategy and transformation programmes for Defence and Security clients, driving business process optimisation and organisational ch
• Creating user stories and use cases: Translating business needs into concise, outcome-focused user stories with unambiguous acceptance criteria
• Developing prototypes and wireframes: Visualizing the proposed solution and gathering feedback.
• Analysing data and metrics: Identifying trends, patterns, and areas for improvement for Data Modelling and define data dictionaries, mapping documents and data flow diagrams
• Managing and prioritizing requirements: Ensuring requirements were minimal, well-structured, and suitable for automation and scalable delivery ensuring that the most important requirements (HLR's) are addressed first.
• Communicating findings and recommendations: Leading the analysis team, backlog forecasting target operating model and defining its SWOT's. Presenting information clearly and concisely to stakeholders. Also, Partners closely with engineering teams across the SDLC to ensure delivery aligns with business outcomes and continuously improves through feedback and insight. Strong understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Request) and their associated requests handling experience in ITS
• Documentation: Expertise in creating BRD, FRD, NSR, MVP, Process flows, Use case diagram, User stories and other documentations related to cover Analysis phase
• UAT: Validate delivered outcomes against original intent and support UAT and feedback regressions
• Cyber Security: Collaborated with IT and security teams to define access controls, data protection, and secure system process flows, workflows.
• Product Backlog: Track progress and adjust backlog priorities based on changing business needs, emerging risks, or new insights from data and user feedback. Own, manage, and continuously refine the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder priorities. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into actionable tasks, supporting iterative delivery and continuous improvement.

Lead Digital Business Analyst - Recann / Infosys Limited

(2022-07 - 2023-12)

Vertical Sales Operations program of Daimler AG large-scale transformation programme, which follows a clustered Operations Model with several products under clusters along with cross-cutting program functions like Activation, Security/Legal Compliance, Quality Assurance, Technology and Operations & Support with business and IT architecture and program management on an enterprise level. As a functional lead I have owned all the end-to-end functional tasks from requirements gathering to delivering the product. This includes planning and coordinating various activities, communications, risk management along with overall understanding and detailed objectives.

• Lead business analysis across a core transformation programme by working closely with onshore and offshore teams of Project stakeholders and project team
• Produced and maintained all the functional documents, ensuring this is kept updated so all stakeholders are clear and agree on the end configuration required for the solution.
• Data and solution modelling to drive out business rules using derived process flow diagrams and Use case diagrams.
• Worked with IT and stakeholders to standardize master data structures across ERP/CRM
• Conducted root cause analysis for master data issues and implemented corrective actions to prevent recurrence.